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Vol. 15, No. 3 •March 2015
This Month on Morning Conversation MARCH 3
SIU PRESIDENT RANDY DUNN.
MARCH 6
THADDEUS MASON POPE, SIU Law School guest, who is visiting as a part of the Ryan Bioethicist Program.
MARCH 18
WGSS CONFERENCE WSIU’s Jennifer Fuller talks with organizers of SIU’s Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies annual conference.
WSIU Radio Community Engagement Producer & Host: Kevin Boucher
MARCH 19
TUNE IN AT 7:45AM
SCIENCE CAFE
MARCH 20
COMMUNITY CINEMA featuring a discussion about the March 21 screening of Independent Lens film The Homestretch.
MARCH 30
SIU PRESIDENT RANDY DUNN.
TUESDAYS & OTHER WEEKDAYS, AS SCHEDULED
Host Jennifer Fuller Photo: Monica Tichenor
Questions or comments? CONTACT JENNIFER FULLER:
• jennifer.fuller@wsiu.org • (618) 453-6101 • To listen to past broadcasts: wsiu.org/programs/morning conversation
Tune in at 7:45am - 8:45am March 4 • Astronomy March]
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Cheryl Ernst of the Astronomical Association of Southern Illinois explains why March is a good time to look skyward and see the spring constellations. PLUS, using an ordinary pair of binoculars, you can see a comet this month. Listen for more information about the wonderful celestial sights to see this month.
Monday - Friday 5:30am, 6:30am, 7:30am, 8:30am
March 5 • Tips on Pruning Fruit Trees
WSIU ALMANac
March 9 • Prescribed Burns
WSIU Almanac is a new weekday feature that provides an overview of events, happenings, and history of the world around us. Each episode provides a little "slice of life" about the day. And to make sure we don't miss anything, we have a special e-mail set up that you can use to send information to us. It's short and simple: almanac@wsiu.org.
Nathan Johanning, Extension Educator, Local Food Systems and Small Farms, explains why now is the best time to prune your woody plants. Johanning shares how to get out and give your trees, shrubs and fruit trees a good haircut.
Nathan Johanning Photo: Kevin Boucher
Have you smelled smoke when out in the woods and fields recently? There’s a good chance that it’s a planned burn being conducted to kill off invasive species and to encourage the spread of beneficial Oak and Hickory trees. Now is the time when various agencies conduct prescribed burns, and Jesse Riechman, Prescribed Burn Coordinator with the Southeastern Illinois Prescribed Burn Association, clues us in on the “hows” and “whys” of intentional burnings.
March 17 • The Motivation of Art with Artist Betty Jesse
Betty Jesse is a talented artist in southern Illinois. She has been drawing since she was a child, and talks about her inspiration and the importance drawing holds in her life.
March 25 • Mysterious Radio Signals From Space
Betty Jesse Photo: Daily Republican
Special earth-based listening devices called radio telescopes catch very strong, mysterious radio signals from parts of our Universe that are literally billions of years away from us. What are they? Astronomer Bob Baer, Computer and Electronics Specialist with the SIU Department of Physics, discusses these strange, but sometimes meaningful radio transmissions.
• listen to past broadcasts: wsiu.org/programs/localalmanac